SOCIAL MEDIA

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Federal Reserve officials agreed to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday but suggested they could cut them later this year. "Despite elevated uncertainty, the economy is in a solid position," Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said. Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump again called Powell...

(Headline USA) A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky. The company said the Starship “experienced a major anomaly” at about 11 p.m. while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the...

(Headline USA) A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Jorge Hernández, 57, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday with one...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Wednesday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call a day earlier to “keep going” with his attacks on Iran. The president told reporters that Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for his role in war crimes...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic National Committee may soon find itself in the red and forced to take out loans just to keep operations running after its disastrous 2024 performance and internal fights over how to counter President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.  The DNC’s financial woes were reported Wednesday by...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) No obvious solutions emerged during a congressional hearing Wednesday on how to hold those accountable for the alleged cover-up of President Joe Biden’s mental and cognitive decline, but witnesses did had some suggestions for how to prevent similar situations in the future. Republicans have been...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A private oversight organization claims to have tracked the movements of alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter using geolocation data from his electronic devices, revealing a three-year trail spanning from his family farm to locations in Africa, Nepal, Turkey, India, and Dubai. The Oversight Project, operating under...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Tucker Carlson’s pointed questioning of Ted Cruz’s Iran policy has ignited a fierce debate among conservatives about U.S. military involvement abroad about the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. The incident unfolded during a highly anticipated interview on Carlson’s show on Tuesday, as Israel’s recent airstrikes...

(Dave Mason, The Center Square) A federal judge was wrong to second-guess President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard, attorney Brett Schumate argued Tuesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Schumate, an assistant attorney general, made the argument during an appeal of last week’s U.S....

(Caroline Boda, The Center Square) Republican’s massive tax and spending bill would increase the U.S. deficit by $2.8 trillion over 10 years when the economic growth of the bill is taken into account, the Congressional Budget Office says. CBO previously projected that the budget reconciliation bill would increase the deficit...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In May 2023, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes hired a non-profit group called “States United Democracy Center” to help target conservatives who dared contest the state’s controversial 2020 election results. About 11 months later, Mayes announced indictments in Arizona’s so-called “fake electors” case. Fast forward another...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that the reward for information leading to the capture of two illegal aliens who escaped a New Jersey detention center last week has been increased.  The FBI, in collaboration with ICE, is now offering $25,000 for information on Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes,...